Green-Ampt model of a rain garden and comparison to Richards equation model

Sustainable World

Volumn 6, Issue , 2003, Pages 891-900

  Dussaillant, A ^a   Cozzetto, K ^b   Brander, K ^b   Potter, K ^b  

^a Department of Hydraulic Engineering   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOW OF WATER; GROUNDWATER; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RAIN; RUNOFF; SOILS; WATER FILTRATION; WATER RESOURCES;

GREEN-AMPT EQUATION; RICHARDS EQUATION MODEL; STORMWATER MANAGEMENT;

HYDROLOGY;

EID: 4544284816     PISSN: 14769581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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